Ciarforon Explained

Ciarforon
Charforon
Elevation M:3642
Prominence:341
Prominence Ref:[1]
Map:Alps
Location:Aosta Valley and Piedmont, Italy
Range:Graian Alps
Coordinates:45.4944°N 7.2466°W
Listing:Alpine mountains above 3000 m

Ciarforon or Charforon[2] (3,642m), is a mountain in the Gran Paradiso massif of the Graian Alps on the border of Aosta Valley and Piedmont, Italy.

Location

It lies south of Gran Paradiso, on the watershed between Valsavarenche and the Orco Valley. It boasts a mighty dome-shaped summit and a huge ice sheet on its upper slopes. The mountain is glaciated on all four sides.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ciarforon. peakbagging.top. 3 November 2019. 3 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191103074150/https://peakbagging.top/peaks/1191. dead.
  2. http://geonavsct.partout.it/pub/geosentieri/fr SCT Partout géonavigateur - Aosta Valley
  3. Web site: Ciarforon - summitpost. summitpost.org. 28 January 2015.